[Ohiogift] Acceleration Question

[Craig Kathryn]

Hi,

There is one bit of information missing here: what is your daughter thinking/ feeling?
Try not to get caught up in acceleration. Both of my daughters were 142, and they were kept intellectually satisfied with educational/cultural experiences provided by my husband and myself. Once they were in high school, post secondary was an option, but they preferred gathering AP classes. Indeed, my youngest was a National Merit Scholar Finalist and received a full ride for 5 years, under or post grad, at UA in Tuscaloosa. She will start in 2nd year of college soon, where, as a sophomore, she is halfway through her jjniir year, due to taking the 10 AP classes in H. S.  Do you see why i am sharing this with you? Acceleration can happen at the college level.
A former gifted professor of mine said she grade accelerated her 3 children. Know what they said, later? Their take-away was that they had been robbed of 1 year of their childhood.
Acceleration is a life-saver for some, but not for all, gifted students.

Best regards,
Kathy Craig




Kathryn Craig, Gifted Intervention Specialist
Roxboro and Boulevard Elementary Schools
Cleveland Heights, University Heights
k_craig at chuh.org
216.371.7115, ext. 54445


"It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it. "
                                                                                                            --  Aristotle




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Sent: Thursday, July 16, 2015 12:56 PM
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Subject: [Ohiogift] Acceleration Question

Dear colleagues,

My wife and I recently had our daughter screened and identified for gifted services. She just finished first grade. Her IQ score on a WISC IV was 141. We would've liked to of done a whole grade acceleration so that she would start third grade next year. A school psychologist followed up with the Woodcock Johnson III using 2nd grade level norms, her scores were 118 SS (88 PR) in Broad Reading and 119 SS (90 PR) in Broad Math. Looking at 3rd grade, her Broad Reading SS score was 108 (70 PR), and Broad Math SS was 99 (47 PR). They tell us she is not a good candidate for whole grade acceleration (I believe she is if we provide additional supports at home).  The county GC started an IAS, however stopped after the first section because she only scored eight points. The Special Ed Director for the county (filling in for the Gifted Coordinator) would not allow my wife or I to see any of the data that they're using to determine this (only saying Marissa scored 8/10 points and doesn't
 qualify), and it was like pulling teeth to try to get the psychoeducational assessment report from the ESC.

I am slightly aggravated about the situation because as a GIS I've been involved in several whole grade accelerations for the district that I work at.

Any thoughts or suggestions as to who I could contact to serve as a parent advocate for us in the situation?

Thanks,

Rob Berryman

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